Journalist. Producer. Writer.
Current Project
Selected Award-Winning Work
2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Breaking News, for coverage following the death of Freddie Gray (part of newsroom staff in a package)
2016 Baltimore City Paper Award for Best Investigative Journalist for the investigation into Baltimore City Police Department’s Internal Affairs
Innovative Investigative Journalism
2013 Online News Association Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism for “The Digital Campaign” and “Targeting the Electorate” (co-producer, reporter)
Investigations Triggered by Breaking News
2015 IRE Award for Investigations Triggered by Breaking News for “The 45-minute mystery of Freddie Gray’s death” (video producer)
Innovation in Investigative Journalism
2015 IRE Finalist for Innovation in Investigative Journalism for “The 45-minute mystery of Freddie Gray’s death” (video producer)
Award for Explanatory Journalism
2015 Online News Association Award for Explanatory Journalism for “The 45-minute mystery of Freddie Gray’s death” (video producer)
2017 MDDC First place award for a feature of a Baltimore Klansman efforts to rebrand the KKK. This was one of several MDDC writing and journalism awards Rentz has won.
Best National Informational Program
2012 Imagen award for Best National Informational Program for “Lost in Detention” (producer)
2012 Immigration Journalism Award by the French-American Foundation for “Lost in Detention” (producer)
2010 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Best Documentary for “Flying Cheap” (co-producer)
2006 Emmy Award for Best Business Documentary for “Can You Afford to Retire?” (researcher)